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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Valletta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’s own page.

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Arequipa 8, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Valletta 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Valletta 56: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Valletta 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Valletta 50: Arequipa leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Valletta 32: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Valletta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaValletta

Where the figures come from

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaValletta
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m56 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaValletta
City population1,008,2905,197
People per km²1,5516,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.